Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Review of Effects of Environmental Change on Human HealthUttam PaudelCurrent knowledge production on the effects of environmental exposures on human health reflects technological, social and economic development broadly; theoretical and methodological advancements in social science and medicine more specifically. Human health and the welfare mainly rely on refurbishing and protecting the integrity of the natural systems such as fresh air, safe water, biodiversity, toxic waste management and proper land … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 3 · 29 Apr 2018 · 8,538 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractNamed Entity Recognition for Kannada using Gazetteers list with Conditional Random FieldsK. P. Pallavi, L. Sobha, M. M. RamyaNamed Entities (NEs) that exist in the sentences are essential to build Natural Language Processing (NLP) applications for Information Extraction (IE) from large corpora. However, generating a large corpus is challenging for resource poor languages, such as Kannada. Further, there is no annotated corpus available online. The challenges faced in annotating NEs with pre-defined classes are: It is morphologically joined … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 14, Issue 5 · 24 Feb 2018 · 8,275 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractModified Human Development Index using Data Envelopment Analysis ApproachYasmine Refai Salama, Ramadan Hamed, Mahmoud RashwanComposite Indicator is considered themathematical aggregation which has wide usage for monitoring performances,conducting benchmarks, analyzing policies, and communicating publicly. HumanDevelopment Index (HDI) is the most popular index which measures humandevelopment through average achievement in its main dimensions: Health status,education status, and living standard but it is faced with several critiques,positive and negative. Moreover, HDI was tested to have a positive … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 18, Issue 1 · 26 Sep 2022 · 6,088 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEffects of Converting Tropical Peat Swamp Forest into Oil Palm Plantation on Water QualitySeca Gandaseca, Noraini Rosli, Mohd Hanafi Idris et al.Peat swamp forest is a unique forest and wetlands ecosystem that recognized as one of the most important reservoir of biodiversity and water resources protection. Rapid development particularly for development, agriculture and plantation in peat swamp forest (PSF) area had given negative impacts to its ecosystem included degradation of its water quality. This study was conducted to determine water quality … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 8 · 3 Sep 2015 · 7,629 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractModeling the Impact of Taxes on Economic Growth with Regional Resource PotentialOleg Tsepelev, Maria KakaulinaThis study deals with estimation problems for optimal tax burdens in relation to regional economic growth. Theoretical, methodological and empirical base of the research were the concept of the Laffer curve, the materials of the National Research University, Higher School of Economics of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation, Federal Service of State … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 5 · 7 Jul 2015 · 6,540 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractLANDSCAPE AND BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF PROTECTED AREAS NETWORK IN PERM KRAIS. A. Buzmakov, P. Yu. SannikovThe problem of creating the systems of specially Protected natural Areas (PA) adequately representing the geographical diversity of different territories has been acute. Creation of the territory nature protection systems always requires comprehensive assessment of the representativeness of the existing PA network. In Perm region the only such research was carried out at the end of the last century. Since … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 5 · 12 Nov 2014 · 7,342 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractNatural Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites for Automobile AccessoriesD. Chandramohan, J. BharanichandarThe invention is an effort to utilize the advantages offered by renewable resources for the development of composite materials based on polymer and particles of natural fibers for Conservation of natural resources. In this research, natural fibers like Sisal (Agave sisalana), Banana (Musa sepientum) and Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa), Sisal and banana (hybrid), Roselle and banana (hybrid) and Roselle and sisal … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 6 · 17 Jan 2014 · 17,331 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractNATURE TOURISM PLANNING USING RIVER-BASED RESOURCES AND RECREATIONAL ASSESSMENT FOR SUNGAI DINDING, PERAK, MALAYSIAAhmad Ainuddin Nuruddin, Ali Muhammad AliRivers and stream corridors provide a variety of valuable resources including aquatic habitats for fish and other organism, riparian habitats for fish and other organism, riparian habitats for vegetation and terrestrial wildlife. They also provide potential recreational and nature tourism activities. In order to fully identify potential recreational and activities, assessment of recreation resource element should be carried out. The … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 4 · 4 Jan 2014 · 8,361 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRestoration of Biodiversity and EcosystemIgnacio Santa-Regina, M. C. Santa-ReginaSuccession is one of the most studied processes in ecology and succession theory provides strong predictability. However, few attempts have been made to influence the course of succession thereby testing the hypothesis that the passage of one stage is essential to enter a next one. At each stage of succession ecosystem processes may be affected by the diversity of species … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 1 · 10 Mar 2013 · 6,984 accessesView PDFCite